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Texas : The Great Theft by Carmen. Boullosa (2014, Trade Paperback)
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Texas : The Great Theft, Paperback by Boullosa, Carmen; Schnee, Samantha (TRN), ISBN 1941920004, ISBN-13 9781941920008, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Carmen Boullosa's newest novel Texas: The Great Theft is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland, wrested from Mexico in 1848... Boullosa views the border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal each of her wildly diverse characters--Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dance hall girls--makes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing"--
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PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-101941920004
ISBN-139781941920008
eBay Product ID (ePID)204171805
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Book TitleTexas : the Great Theft
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHispanic & Latino, General, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2014
GenreFiction
AuthorCarmen. Boullosa
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Reviews* Shortlisted for the 2015 PEN Translation Award * Winner of the 2014 Typographical Era Translation Award * Included as one of World Literature Today 's 75 Notable Translations of 2014 * Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Utterly entertaining . . . a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it . . . deserves a very wide readership." -- Philip Lopate "A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the 'Cortina troubles', evok[es] a history that couldn't be more relevant to today's immigration battles in the US." -- Jane Ciabattari, BBC "Brutal, poetic, hilarious and humane...a masterly crafted tale." -- Sjón , via Twitter "Historical fiction at its very best, avoiding all semblance of caricature or appeals to stereotype. The classic Western." -- San Francisco Chronicle "What is both moving and also lucid about Boullosa's prose, though, is her ability to take one in and out of a scene fraught with disorder and violence, and place one back in the rich spirit of humility encountering sublime beauty." -- Bookslut "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." -- Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News "Carmen Boullosa's latest novel, Texas: The Great Theft, is evidence that our ideas about postmodern cowpoke tales have been woefully premature. . . . What is outstanding in Boullosa's work is the deep sympathy expressed for every human encountered." -- Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News, Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." — Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News, "Utterly entertaining . . . a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it . . . deserves a very wide readership." — Philip Lopate "A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the ‘Cortina troubles', evok[es] a history that couldn't be more relevant to today's immigration battles in the US." — Jane Ciabattari, BBC Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." — Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News "Carmen Boullosa's latest novel, Texas: The Great Theft, is evidence that our ideas about postmodern cowpoke tales have been woefully premature. . . . What is outstanding in Boullosa's work is the deep sympathy expressed for every human encountered." — Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News, "Utterly entertaining . . . a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it . . . deserves a very wide readership." — Philip Lopate "A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the ‘Cortina troubles', evok[es] a history that couldn't be more relevant to today's immigration battles in the US." — Jane Ciabattari, BBC Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." — Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News, * Shortlisted for the 2015 PEN Translation Award * Winner of the 2014 Typographical Era Translation Award * Included as one of World Literature Today 's 75 Notable Translations of 2014 * Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Utterly entertaining--a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it deserves a very wide readership." -- Philip Lopate "A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the 'Cortina troubles', evok[es] a history that couldn't be more relevant to today's immigration battles in the US." -- Jane Ciabattari, BBC "Brutal, poetic, hilarious and humane...a masterly crafted tale." -- Sjón , via Twitter "Historical fiction at its very best, avoiding all semblance of caricature or appeals to stereotype. The classic Western." -- San Francisco Chronicle "What is both moving and also lucid about Boullosa's prose, though, is her ability to take one in and out of a scene fraught with disorder and violence, and place one back in the rich spirit of humility encountering sublime beauty." -- Bookslut "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." -- Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News "Think Catch-22 on the Mexican border. Carmen Boullosa's Texas: The Great Theft is a surprisingly funny, intensely complex and occasionally shocking take on the revisionist Western. It's one of the most purely entertaining things I've read in awhile, while never losing a sense of erudite ambition and thought-provoking moral ambiguity. It's a book that grows on me every time I think about it." -- Justin Souther , bookseller, Malaprops Bookstore (Asheville, NC) "Carmen Boullosa's latest novel, Texas: The Great Theft , is evidence that our ideas about postmodern cowpoke tales have been woefully premature. . . . What is outstanding in Boullosa's work is the deep sympathy expressed for every human encountered." -- Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News, * Shortlisted for the 2015 PEN Translation Award * Winner of the 2014 Typographical Era Translation Award * Included as one of World Literature Today 's 75 Notable Translations of 2014 * Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Utterly entertaining--a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it deserves a very wide readership." -- Philip Lopate "A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the 'Cortina troubles', evok[es] a history that couldn't be more relevant to today's immigration battles in the US." -- Jane Ciabattari, BBC "Brutal, poetic, hilarious and humane...a masterly crafted tale." -- Sjón , via Twitter "Historical fiction at its very best, avoiding all semblance of caricature or appeals to stereotype. The classic Western." -- San Francisco Chronicle "What is both moving and also lucid about Boullosa's prose, though, is her ability to take one in and out of a scene fraught with disorder and violence, and place one back in the rich spirit of humility encountering sublime beauty." -- Matt Pincus, Bookslut "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." -- Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News "Think Catch-22 on the Mexican border. Carmen Boullosa's Texas: The Great Theft is a surprisingly funny, intensely complex and occasionally shocking take on the revisionist Western. It's one of the most purely entertaining things I've read in awhile, while never losing a sense of erudite ambition and thought-provoking moral ambiguity. It's a book that grows on me every time I think about it." -- Justin Souther , bookseller, Malaprops Bookstore (Asheville, NC) "Carmen Boullosa's latest novel, Texas: The Great Theft , is evidence that our ideas about postmodern cowpoke tales have been woefully premature. . . . What is outstanding in Boullosa's work is the deep sympathy expressed for every human encountered." -- Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News "Boullosa's Texas is like one giant game of telephone. Everybody seems crazy to everybody else. . . . Boullosa's Texas gives us a very different fiction than those told by nationalists of any stripe. . . . Security is theater because borders are fictions and because the empire has no clothes. But if political theater is ridiculous, Boullosa's borderlands comedy explores why it is getting harder to laugh at Donald Trump." -- Aaron Bady, Pacific Standard Magazine "Boullosa's book is a wonderful romp . . . delightful reading . . . there are few completely good and moral characters in this book, making it a pretty realistic story despite the fanciful storytelling. The book patched up some holes in my understanding of Texas history." -- Nancy Jane Moore, Book View Café "Carmen Boullosa truly brings history and injustice to life in Texas: The Great Theft , weaving together borrowed moments from the volatile history of the Texas-Mexico border and a simple plot that is gracefully fed by the diverse characters living out the story." -- Bridey Heing, The Mantle, "Utterly entertaining . . . a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it . . . deserves a very wide readership." -- Philip Lopate "A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the 'Cortina troubles', evok[es] a history that couldn't be more relevant to today's immigration battles in the US." -- Jane Ciabattari, BBC Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." -- Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News "Carmen Boullosa's latest novel, Texas: The Great Theft, is evidence that our ideas about postmodern cowpoke tales have been woefully premature. . . . What is outstanding in Boullosa's work is the deep sympathy expressed for every human encountered." -- Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News, Selected for the World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide "Utterly entertaining . . . a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it . . . deserves a very wide readership." -- Philip Lopate "A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the 'Cortina troubles', evok[es] a history that couldn't be more relevant to today's immigration battles in the US." -- Jane Ciabattari, BBC "Historical fiction at its very best, avoiding all semblance of caricature or appeals to stereotype. The classic Western." -- San Francisco Chronicle "What is both moving and also lucid about Boullosa's prose, though, is her ability to take one in and out of a scene fraught with disorder and violence, and place one back in the rich spirit of humility encountering sublime beauty." -- Bookslut "Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It's a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today." -- Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News "Carmen Boullosa's latest novel, Texas: The Great Theft, is evidence that our ideas about postmodern cowpoke tales have been woefully premature. . . . What is outstanding in Boullosa's work is the deep sympathy expressed for every human encountered." -- Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News
Synopsis"Mexico's greatest woman writer."--Roberto Bola o "A luminous writer . . . Boullosa is a masterful spinner of the fantastic"-- Miami Herald An imaginative writer in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges, and Cesar Aira, Carmen Boullosa shows herself to be at the height of her powers with her latest novel. Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Texas is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal of each of her wildly diverse characters--Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dancehall girls--makes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing. Shedding important historical light on current battles over the Mexican-American frontier while telling a gripping story with Boullosa's singular prose and formal innovation, Texas marks the welcome return of a major writer who has previously captivated American audiences and is poised to do so again. Carmen Boullosa (b. 1954) is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. Author of seventeen novels, her books have been translated into numerous world languages. Recipient of numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship, Boullosa is currently Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York. Samantha Schnee is founding editor and chairman of the board of Words Without Borders . She has also been a senior editor with Zoetrope , and her translations have appeared in the Guardian , Granta , and the New York Times ., "Mexico's greatest woman writer."--Roberto Bolaño "A luminous writer . . . Boullosa is a masterful spinner of the fantastic"-- Miami Herald An imaginative writer in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges, and Cesar Aira, Carmen Boullosa shows herself to be at the height of her powers with her latest novel. Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Texas is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal of each of her wildly diverse characters--Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dancehall girls--makes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing. Shedding important historical light on current battles over the Mexican-American frontier while telling a gripping story with Boullosa's singular prose and formal innovation, Texas marks the welcome return of a major writer who has previously captivated American audiences and is poised to do so again. Carmen Boullosa (b. 1954) is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. Author of seventeen novels, her books have been translated into numerous world languages. Recipient of numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship, Boullosa is currently Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York. Samantha Schnee is founding editor and chairman of the board of Words Without Borders . She has also been a senior editor with Zoetrope , and her translations have appeared in the Guardian , Granta , and the New York Times ., A historical examination of tension and conflict on the Texas-Mexico border, told from the Mexican perspective, that's especially relevant today.
LC Classification NumberPQ7298.12.O76T4913
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